Refugee and Migrant Justice
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Refugee and Migrant Justice (formerly "Refugee Legal Centre") is a charitable organisation in the United Kingdom which concerns itself with providing legal advice and representation to those who seek protection under the Geneva Conventions and Human rights laws. Refugee and Migrant Justice also lobbies on behalf of cases both individually and collectively, and is concerned with monitoring public policy in the area of asylum.
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[edit] Background
Refugee and Migrant Justice was founded in 1992[1] to be a centre for the provision of quality legal representation for those seeking protection under the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and those who fear breaches of their Human Rights. The roots of the Refugee Legal Centre goes back to the Refugee Unit of the UK Immigrants Advisory Service, which was founded in 1976[2] as a legal assistance project for asylum seekers funded by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. The Refugee Legal Centre is a registered charity and governed by an independent Board of Trustees. The quality of its work is subject to the regulations of the Legal Services Commission and the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner.
In 2005, Refugee and Migrant Justice was given a human rights award from Liberty, Justice and the Law Society for 'consistent and fearless use of the law to protect human rights and hold immigration and asylum policies up to the scrutiny of the courts'.
[edit] Funding
Refugee and Migrant Justice is funded through a contract with the Legal Services Commission.[3]
[edit] Governance
Refugee and Migrant Justice is governed by a board of trustees. They are:
- President: Professor Guy S. Goodwin-Gill, Fellow of All Souls College University of Oxford
- Chairman: Charles Morland
- CEO: Caroline Slocock
- Yemane Tsegai
- Andrew Hutchinson
- John Humpston
- Hilary Pinder
- Ruth Bundey
- Annie Ledger
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